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ing of yams and potatoes, made into a kind 
of bread, for which they do not fail to ask 
God's blessing, and to render Him thanks. 
" Hand of bounty, largely spread, 
By whom our every want is fed ; 
Whate'er we touch, or taste, or see, 
We owe them all, Lord, to Thee." 
HEBER, 
So strict is their observance of the duty of 
saying grace before and after meals, that 
" we do not know," says Captain Beechey, 
" of any instance in which it has been for- 
gotten. On one occasion I had engage 
Adams in conversation, and he incautiously 
took the first mouthful without having said 
his grace ; but, before he had swallowed it, 
he recollected himself, and, feeling as if he 
had committed a crime, immediately put 
away what he had in his mouth, and com- 
menced his prayer." 
Fishing for a kind of cod, grey mullet, and 
red snapper, though no very hopeful pursuit 
in the deep water round the island, occasion- 
ally forms part of the day's employment ; nor 
of the day only ; for sometimes they go forth 
at night among the rocks close to the sea, 
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